In recent South Asian crises, velocity matters more than military power. Velocity means how rapidly responsibility is assigned, actions are authorized, limited operations are executed, and a dominant ...

Pakistan's Diplomatic Missteps The recent comments by former Pakistani ambassador Abdul Basit, suggesting that Pakistan would ...

Pakistan’s military is tightening its grip on the country with sweeping legal changes that critics say are centralizing power in the hands of army chief Gen. Asim Munir. Munir, Pakistan’s former spy ...

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March 14, 2026: India and Pakistan went to war with each other in early May 2025. It was not a major conflict. The fighting only lasted four days and casualties for India were 29 dead and over a ...

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Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s social media post seeking a ceasefire extension has triggered controversy, with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pakistan expanded the power of its army chief at a critical moment for the country’s national security. Syed Asim Munir will now ...

What makes the sequence of events particularly troubling for India is not just the attack itself, but the rhetoric that ...

As 2025 draws to a close, Pakistan’s domestic political landscape reflects relative stability in civil-military relations. However, this calm is contrasted by deep estrangement and heightened tensions ...

Amid the intensifying operations of Indian proxies inside Pakistan, particularly across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, a ...